Author: c.aguilar

On Thursday, November 16th, I went to a Bystander Intervention training here at Baruch. The overall environment there was good and there was also free pizza at this event. The presentation was really well done and they gave us a pen that has facts of sexual harassment and assault as well as where to find help. The first thing we talked about was the definition of bystander. We also discussed different scenarios that could be presented in where someone could prevent a possible sexual assault or harassment from happening. Another thing we discussed were the three possible ways to prevent some sort of sexual assault or harassment from happening. They were to distract the perpetrator, delegate or tell someone else to defuse the situation or to directly get involved in the situation. Lastly, we were shown a short clip that was interesting. In this clip it shows how people could have intervened to stop sexual assault from happening to an unconscious woman. Above all, I highly recommend attending this event (if there is another event like this one in the future) because it teaches you mainly how to intervene in possible sexual assault scenarios.

On Saturday October 7th, I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with some friends. Surprisingly I haven’t been to this museum in about 10 years and it’s obviously better than I can remember. I only planned on visiting two exhibitions since it’s a very big place and it would take too long to look at all the exhibits they have. I visited the Ancient Egyptian exhibit primarily because I find some of their artwork fascinating and very interesting. More specifically, I have always found their tombs interesting and many times I’ve wondered how they created their pyramids. In addition, I also looked at the huge collection of European paintings and sculptures, and as a bonus there was a Rodin exhibition being held. I saw some of his creations and learned a bit about him. Overall, my experience at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was great and I definitely recommend anyone to go there and looking at some of the most well known art pieces in the world.

 

 

Beta Alpha Psi (commonly known as BAP) is a non-profit organization that promotes the practice and study of accounting, finance and computer information systems and also do community service. I attended their second general interest meeting, which was just information on the requirements one needs to apply for BAP as well as to get to know some of the more important people in this organization. My first impressions were really good since they were very welcoming, friendly and after the presentation we were able to ask questions to several members. The requirements are that you need a 3.5 GPA or 90% cumulative GPA (depending on what school one frequented), attend one general interest meeting and attend another Rush event. Also, you will need to submit an application before the 23rd of September attached with a resume and your transcript (high school transcript for freshmen). They told us that if our GPA’s were not high enough, to apply for the following semester and to join a club to help with resumes. Lastly, they’ve said numerous times during the event that their main goal is to help get the highest potential out of one another so that they can facilitate getting an internship in the future by getting connections, dressing nicely and being confident with the help of mock interviews that are practiced. Above all, I recommend BAP to all those that are interested in accounting, finance or computer information systems and I will be applying for this organization either this semester or the following.